The next few days are going to be rather busy up at the capitol!
Youth Lobbying Day – sponsored by the Planned Parenthood Action Council
Friday, February 27 from 8:45 to noon – Capitol Rotunda
The Utah legislature has a reputation for being adults who only care about adults and make decisions for adults. ! And we’re working on a way to change it! We will go to the state capitol and bend the ears of our legislators with the voices of Utah teens and parents, especially promoting our comprehensive sex education bill, House Bill 189.
Buttars-Palooza!
(co-sponsored by the Young Democrats of Utah)
Rally to discuss threats to America aside from “the gay agenda” while having a good time.
Saturday, February 28 from 1:00 to 3:00 PM
South Lawn, Utah State Capitol
From the Facebook Page:
Utahns are fair and just people who strive for a better society. We believe “in life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. We also believe in free speech.
However, State Senator Chris Buttars crossed the line drawn by a fair and just people by stepping on a minority with offensive and demeaning language. Through his defense of the Senator from West Jordan, Senate President Michael Waddoups is equally complicit in this defense of the Senator. By their actions, Senators Buttars and Waddoups do not value or respect that sense of fairness and justice of the majority of Utahns.
All Utahns are invited to come the Capitol on Saturday, February 28th at 1pm to party for truth and justice. The event will be a lively and fun celebration of our diversity and inclusion of all in a fair and just society. The event will be MC’d by Troy Williams of KRCL and there will be great speakers, music, and other fun. Come celebrate with us!!!
For what it’s worth, Mormon-owned, Utah-based TV station KSL has just posted an editorial at KSL.com that begins:
“The brouhaha over recent intemperate remarks by Senator Chris Buttars is more than a distraction, as some of his colleagues contend. It is nothing less than an embarrassment for the man, the institution he represents and the state where he lives.”
That sounds about right.